[The Exiled]

Scumbag Intel: Shady Practices, Terrible Responses, & Failure to Act

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Tom's Hardware recenzenti koji u fušu moderiraju Intel subreddit su se nakon GN dokumentarca fino našli prozvani, a bome ni Puget Systems nije prošel puno bolje, posebice, jer su u koordinaciji s Tom's Hardware ekipom brže-bolje složili dedicirani Puget says its Intel CPU failure rate is lower than AMD Ryzen failures članak. Na stranu sad da je Puget Systems Intelov Titanium partner zajedno s vrlo uspješnom ASUS suradnjom, a ko za inat su se obje firme u zadnje vrijeme našle pod povećalom javnosti. Najprije su autor (inače vlasnik firme) orginalnog Puget Systems članka i zaposlenici firme na sve moguće načine izbjegavali direktan odgovor na pitanje što točno podrazumijevaju pod CPU FAIL koji se navodi u članku, jer prema tome ispada kako je AMD puno gori od Intela, samo da bi se nakon čušpajza diljem Interneta i društvenih mreža, ponovno oglasil sam vlasnik firme i razjasnil da u njihovim testiranjima bilo kakva nestabilnost spada pod FAIL. I tak, bilo kakva nestabilnost je onda u grafovima prezentirana kao Puget Systems CPU Failure.

Puget Systems chooses only the highest quality manufacturers for the components we use in our PCs. ASUS has consistently proven themselves as an industry leader in performance and reliability. That track record and their excellent support has led us to use ASUS motherboards as the foundation of many of our workstations. By partnering closely with ASUS we are able to provide better, more reliable computers to our customers!

Puget Systems vlasnik se možda i nije trebal aktivno uključiti u peripetije koje su snašle Intel, ali obzirom da prema njihovim riječima (uz AMD) prodaju i popriličan broj Intel mašina, posebice za potrebe Adobe softverskih paketa u kojima se prvenstveno koristi Intel Quick Sync (1 - 2 - 3), čovjek se valjda vodil za time da bude umanjil brigu kupaca i broj popratnih reklamacija, samo da bi napravil kontra efekt i sad mu se inače respektabilna firma razvlači po netu (i kritike se promptno brišu ili blokiraju), jer ispada da naštimavaju CPU FAIL podatke kako god im u datom trenutku najbolje odgovara.

In addition to his role at Puget Systems, Jon also represents the company on the Intel Board of Advisors, which helps Intel see the real-world application of their products, and how to better serve their users. We aren’t including AMD here to try to deflect from the issues Intel is currently experiencing but rather to put into context why we have not yet adjusted our Intel vs. AMD strategy in our workstations.

U nastavku je sasvim slučajan tijek događaja ...

Primjera radi, Core i9-13900K je prema Puget Systems postavkama zapravo bliže Core i7-13700K po pitanju performansi, jer iGPU kroz Quick Sync ionako odrađuje većinu posla za partnerske Adobe alate.

In most of the workloads we tested, having MultiCore Enhancement (MCE) enabled and the P1/P2 power limits unlocked didn't have much of an impact on either performance or CPU temperatures. The few times where it did cause an impact were highly threaded, CPU heavy, tasks like CineBench and V-Ray CPU rendering, and building lighting in Unreal Engine. In these cases, disabling MCE and locking the P1/P2 power limits to match Intel's official specifications for the Core i9 13900K resulted in around a 10-20% drop in performance. In exchange, however, the CPU temperature dropped by a massive 30-40C. In other words, you can get a significant increase in performance (about the same as going one "model" up in Intel's product line) with these settings in their default configuration, but you pay for it with much higher power draw and CPU temperatures.

Our testing has found that most content creation applications are not that sensitive to increases in power limits. Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere Pro saw no real improvement, while After Effects and DaVinci Resolve saw only marginal ones; the differences were right at the margin of error for this kind of real-world testing. These are the applications that are most likely to end up with a CPU like the Intel 14900K, as they are the applications that it tends to excel in compared to other options. Currently, at Puget Systems, we’ve found that the balance of the factors is such that our computers make more sense targeting the 125W power limit than the 253W. Most of the workstations we sell with an Intel i9 CPU are for applications like Premiere Pro or Photoshop, which will not realize any benefit from the higher power limits but would see higher power draw, thermals, and noise.